Curtain-pole and bracket.



J. W. LOVEJOY.

0011mm POLE AND BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10,1911.

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WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WARREN LOVEJOY, OF STEELE, OHIO.

CURTAIN-POLE AND BRACKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WARREN Lova- JOY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Steele, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles and Brackets, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to curtain poles and brackets, and the objects of my invention are to provide a window, door or alcove frame with brackets from which a pole can be easily suspended, and to provide simple and effective means for normally retaining the pole in proximity to its support.

Other objects of my invention are to obviate the necessity of using a stepladder or other device when placing curtains in engagement with the curtain pole, and to obviate the necessity of using rings and pins for attaching curtains to the pole.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a curtain pole that can be easily and quickly installed to present a neat appearance, and to accomplish the above results by a mechanical construction that is durable and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and such other objects in view as will hereinafter appear, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such variations as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a front ele vation of a portion of a frame provided with the'curtain pole. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the pole. Fig. 3 is :1 longitudinal sectional view of a bracket. Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view of a portion of the pole. Fig. 5 is a similar view of a spring housing forming part of the pole, and Fig. 6 is an elevation of a detached curtain fastener.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a portion of a window frame and secured to said frame by screws 2 or other fastening means are the face plates 3 of tubular brackets f, said brackets being located at the sides of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 10, 1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912. Serial N 0. 626,234.

the frame. Slidably mounted in the brackets 4 are tubular extensions 5 and fixed in the outer ends of said extensions by ins 6 are holders 7 having the outer ends tfiereof bifurcated to provide apertured lugs 8. The lugs 8 are connected by transverse pins 9, and mounted upon each pin, between the lugs 8, is the upper end 10 of a strap 11.

The reference numeral 12 denotes a tubular curtain pole and formed integral with the end of said pole are cylindrical housings 13. The housings 13 are exteriorly screw threaded, as at 14 to receive interiorly screw threaded cylindrical caps 15, said caps having the outer sides thereof provided with suitable ornamentations 16. The housings 13 and the caps 15 have spiders 17 supporting longitudinally alining bearings l8 and 19 for the ends of a shaft 20 arranged longitudinally of the pole 12. The bearings 18 are in the form of sleeves and the bearings 19 in the form of sockets.

In each of the housings 13 there is arranged a spiral band spring 21 having one end thereof secured, as at 22 to the shaft 20, between the bearings 18 and 19, and the opposite end thereof secured, as at 23 to the inner wall'of the housings 13.

Mounted upon the shaft 20, within the pole 12 and adjacent to the bearings 18, are spools 24 and attached to said spools and wound thereon are the lower ends of the straps 11, said straps passing through slots 25 provided therefor in the top of the pole 12. The straps 11 can be made of thin flexible metal, tape, leather or any suitable ma terial.

The reference numerals 26 denote clamping arms pivotally connected together by a pin 27 and having the upper ends thereof connected by a coiled expansion spring 28, while the lower ends thereof are provided with heads 29 adapted to engage the upper edges of a curtain. The clamping arms 27 constitute a fastener adapted to embrace the pole 12 and permit of curtains being adjusted and draped relatively to said pole.

When it is desired to remove curtains from the pole for cleansing or draping purposes, the curtain pole can be lowered by pulling downwardly upon the curtains until the hands can reach the pole. When the curtain pole is pulled downwardly the straps are unwound from the spools 24, the unwinding of said spools rotating the shaft Q0 and placing the spiral band spring 21 under tension. By holding the pole in one hand, the other hand can open the arms 27 to release the curtain. \Vhen the pole is released the spiral band springs 21 immediately Wind the straps 11 upon the spools 24, restoring the curtain pole to its normal position in proximity to the brackets 4. Through the medium of the adjustable extensions 5 of the brackets 4 the pole 12 can be supported the desired distance from the frame 1, to provide clearance for a shade roller, or other fixtures.

The pole in its entirety can be made of light and durable metal and finished to present a neat appearance, and from the fore going it will be observed that the manner of suspending the pole from the adjustable brackets eliminates all danger of housewives :talling or being injured by resorting to the use of a stepladder or chair for reaching curtain poles.

What I claim is In a curtain fixture, the combination with supporting brackets, and depending flexible straps carried thereby, of a hollow curtain pole, exteriorly threaded cylindrical housings carried by the ends of said pole, interiorly-threaded caps engaging said housings, bearings carried by said housings and caps respectively, a shaft extending longitudinally of the hollow pole and journaled at its ends in said bearings, band springs within the housings connected at one end to the housings and at their other ends to said shaft, and spools carried by the shaft within the pole and to which the lower ends of said flexible straps are connected.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN WARREN LOVEJOY.

Witnesses:

EUGENE MGFARLAND, MARY I. MCFARLAND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

